Pediatric EM Morsels

APRIL 19, 2024

Yes, we’re talking about your clavicular , proximal humeral, supracondylar, lateral condylar , scaphoid and metacarpal fractures. Today, we want to focus on a couple of our good friends, buckle and greenstick forearm fractures. Pediatric patients have unique bony anatomy and physiology compared to the skeletally mature. West, 2005.

Fractures 290

Fractures Pediatrics Best Practices Outcomes 290

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

AUGUST 17, 2019

Case: You are taking care of a 56-year-old woman who presented to the emergency department with a Jones fracture. Some have identified the 2001 Joint Commission making pain the fifth vital sign in an attempt to address the oligoanalgesia issue as part of the opioid misuse problem.

Emergency Department 52

Emergency Department Academics Fractures Outcomes 52

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 14, 2019

It was a classic EM paper published in the Lancet back in 2001 by the Legend of Emergency Medicine, Dr. Ian Stiell. The CCHR only applies to those patients with minor head injury and is not applicable to non-traumatic cases, GCS less than 13, age less than 16 years, coumadin or bleeding disorder or obvious open skull fractures.

Head Injuries 52

Head Injuries Emergency Department Seizures EMS 52

Taming the SRU

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Unported from wikimedia commons, File:2001 Heart Position in ThoraxN.jpg - Wikimedia Commons accessed 10/25/24 Epidemiology and etiology Pneumomediastinum is uncommon. Potential causes include: -Trauma: Blunt or penetrating thoracic injuries, rib fractures, esophageal rupture (Boerhaave syndrome). Image licensed under CC Attribution 3.0

COPD 79

COPD Pediatrics Emergency Department Ultrasounds 79